When I was a teenager, occasionally at school someone (yes, sometimes that someone was me!) would let slip a swear word in class. The teacher would typically say something like “watch your language!”. Interesting turn of phrase, now I think about it!
Language is really powerful, and awareness around and choice of language can and does make an enormous impact on our communication.
Today a few quick thoughts and ideas.
Let’s today consider some choices around our language that can flip a subtle down or negative inference and energy to a different and often more positive and “energy up” phrasing ✨
“I’ll try” can be changed to “I will”, or “I shall”
“How are you doing?” is often answered by “not bad” or in the Caribbean, “ok so far”
“have a safe flight” to “go well”, or “hamba kahle“
“must”, “need to”, “have to” all feel restrictive, though sometimes give you impetus to act
“can”, “choose to” are much more from a place of choice
“I hope you had a good day” or “I trust you had a good day”. Subtly different
“you are” {feeling something} or “I sense that you are”, the latter less directive
These are simply a few (not “just a few”, but “simply a few”) that come to mind right away. So much depth of meaning and inference in language.
I shall try to always “watch” my language. Apologies, I WILL watch my language, oh master Yoda!